Whyalla’s “death notice” has been written a number of times over the past 40 years, beginning with the closure of the shipyards in 1978, continuing with predictions of doom in the lead-up to the carbon tax, and most recently, as what was once the BHP steelworks clung to life, suffocating in debt and despair under its next owner in 2016.

JinkoSolar Cheetah module has recently been launched and is one of the world’s highest-performing, commercially mass-produced monofacial modules, bringing the industry into the new age of PV 4.0 with mainstream module output of 400Wp. The Cheetah series has created a new benchmark for ultra-high performing modules in metrics including output, limited degradation, shade tolerance and durability.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels and industry are projected to rise more than 2% (range 1.8% to 3.7%) in 2018, taking global fossil CO₂ emissions to a new record high of 37.1 billion tonnes.